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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

In the past five years, I
have been eating more and more fruits and vegetables thanks to Melissa’s Produce.
They sell the most amazing variety of produce in Southern California and across
our great nation. Their products are readily available for foodservice
companies, restaurants, and consumers. On my trip to the World Food
Championships in Orange Beach last year, I found Melissa’s Baby DYPs at Winn-Dixie. I was so excited to see a
fellow Californian, even in produce form, I had to post it on Instagram. In
Orange and Los Angeles Counties, I have personally seen their products at Northgate, Smart & Final, JONS International Marketplace, and Vons.

If you want to know what the
produce trends are for this year, I have them for you thanks to Melissa’s. (below
each trend, is a listing of Melissa’s products):

Neopolitan Tangerines are a brand-new
hybrid variety and are slightly smaller in size than most mandarins. They have
a big flavor with a very high natural sugar content and are seedless, easy to
peel, and extremely juicy.

Seasonal Fruit

Butterscotch Pears™ are directly imported
from the fields of South Korea. Each pear is carefully wrapped while still on
the trees with a protective paper cover to protect them from the elements
resulting in a blemish-free fruit. Each pear is tissue wrapped for moisture
retention and placed in form-fitting foam socks to protect them from bruising.
The prized paper-thin skin is devoid of the bitter flavor normally associated
with other pears.

Trendy Tropical Fruits

Passion Fruit is an aromatic, jelly-like golden flesh
fruit that is sweet-tart in flavor and filled with edible seeds. If the skin is
smooth and perfect, it is not ripe yet. Let it get wrinkled and dimpled and
then it is ready to eat.

Tropical Dragon Fruit is an exotic cactus
fruit that has a delicately sweet and mildly acidic flavor somewhat like
watermelon, cactus pear, and kiwi. The fruit inside ranges from white to pink
to magenta. The tiny black seeds are edible, similar to a kiwi.

Once a year, the Melissa’s
Produce family of writers and bloggers have a friendly dessert competition
where the winners are amongst the attendees.

My mom submitted her tasty
Manju recipe and won 4th place! She received two lovely cookbooks by
Ming Tsai
– Simply Ming In Your Kitchen and Ming’s
Master Recipes. I am a HUGE fan of Ming Tsai and had the privilege
of dining at his Blue Ginger restaurant back in 2009 while working on a
tradeshow in Boston.

My recipe didn’t place but if
you are on a gluten-free or ovo-lacto vegan diet, you’ll love my recipe.

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OC Food Diva is a local foodie in Orange County, CA with 11 years experience in restaurants - from kitchen to service to menu & restaurant design. With an adventurous appetite, Chelsea scours Orange County (and the rest of the USA) for great eats.